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Veronica van Aerssen van Sommelsdyck

Veronica van Aerssen van Sommelsdyck

Died 1702

Alias:

Veronica van Arson

Biography:

James Boswell's great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother. Daughter of Cornelius van Aerssen (1600-1662), Lord of Sommelsdyck and Spyck (Baron Sommelsdyck), and Luts Lucia van Walta (1609-1674). Married (1659) to Alexander Bruce, 2nd Earl of Kincardine. Mother of Elizabeth Bruce and Mary Bruce, who were a grandmother and great-grandmother of Boswell, respectively.